# The Song Synonym Thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 9, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263 "2014-03-09T13:05:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 11
### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/201 "2014-04-06T11:43:14Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> A game played on a device in which the player operates a plunger to shoot a ball down or along a slanted surface having obstacles and targets one who practices magic; a sorcerer or magician.
Pinball Wizard
See? You can’t get another one past me!
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/202 "2014-04-06T12:29:41Z")
Salutations to my terrifying reverie.
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/203 "2014-04-06T12:54:30Z")
Actually, my comment was another clue …
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/204 "2014-04-06T12:57:48Z")
> [@Eutychus](#):
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> Actually, my comment was another clue …
Ah!
Won’t Get Fooled Again - The Who
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### Author:  [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/205 "2014-04-06T15:28:38Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Salutations to my terrifying reverie.
“Hello, Nightmare.”
The Elderly Scottish Gentleman is Agrarian.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/206 "2014-04-06T15:39:33Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> “Hello, Nightmare.”
:dubious: Bzzzzzzzz. Play again.
The Elderly Scottish Gentleman is Agrarian.
Old McDonald had a Farm
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/207 "2014-04-06T15:41:08Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> “Hello, Nightmare.”
Think that’s supposed to be, “Welcome to My Nightmare” - Alice Cooper.
Continuing with this one:
The Elderly Scottish Gentleman is Agrarian.
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### Author:  [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/208 "2014-04-06T16:12:13Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Think that’s supposed to be, “Welcome to My Nightmare” - Alice Cooper.
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> Continuing with this one:
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> The Elderly Scottish Gentleman is Agrarian.
No, Leaffan got that one. In my defense, “Hello, Nightmare” _is_ a real song. It’s by [A City Serene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1An9o_81gs), and, IMO, not very good.
ETA: “Tranquilizers, Hypnotics, or other similar acting medications are in accord with my wishes.”
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/209 "2014-04-06T16:41:56Z")
I Want To Be Sedated - The Ramones
Each American Beauty possesses a spiky growth.
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### Author:  [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/210 "2014-04-06T16:47:38Z")
Every Rose Has its Thorn - Poison
The young fellow from the Big Apple.
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/211 "2014-04-06T16:51:58Z")
The Boy from New York City - Manhattan Transfer
Belonging solely to thine ocular orbs.
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### Author:  [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/212 "2014-04-06T16:58:45Z")
For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
From a device for elevating the car in order to facilitate the changing of tires to a monarch
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### Author:  [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/213 "2014-04-06T17:26:49Z")
> [@Ayatollah Yawuntz](#):
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> For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
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> From a device for elevating the car in order to facilitate the changing of tires to a monarch
From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller
HIJKLMNO
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/214 "2014-04-06T20:53:41Z")
> [@RobDog](#):
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> HIJKLMNO
Water - The Who (from Townshend’s “Lifehouse Project”)
Not Sao Paolo; the other one
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/215 "2014-04-06T23:22:24Z")
Rio - Duran Duran
Uncharged Particle Jig
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/216 "2014-04-06T23:41:15Z")
Neutron Dance - Pointer Sisters
Michael Jordan, Joakim Noah, and Scottie Pippen are riding down the street in a float.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/217 "2014-04-06T23:50:40Z")
Neutron Dance - Pointer Sisters
The female protagonist is the opposing gender and intimate companion of the person with whom I’m most acquainted, however the female in question was once my most intimate companion.
ETA: Ninjad by It’s Not Rocket Surgery!
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/218 "2014-04-06T23:53:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#):
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> The female protagonist is the opposing gender and intimate companion of the person with whom I’m most acquainted, however the female in question was once my most intimate companion.
Used To Love Her - Guns N Roses (?)
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> Michael Jordan, Joakim Noah, and Scottie Pippen are riding down the street in a float.
Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine
Unclean clothes in the hamper.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/219 "2014-04-07T00:22:47Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> Used To Love Her - Guns N Roses (?)
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> Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine
> Unclean clothes in the hamper.
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Still unsolved:
The female protagonist is the opposing gender and intimate companion of the person with whom I’m most acquainted, (however the female in question was once my most intimate companion.) Ignore parentheses for the actual title of the song.
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### Author:  [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263/220 "2014-04-07T00:43:37Z")
My Best Friend’s Girlfriend - The Cars
The diminutive aide to one who has borne children.
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